Whipper for converting liquids into foam



July 23,1929. H. A. WETZEL WHIPPER FOR CONVERTING LIQUIDS INTO FOAMFiled Dec. 29, 1926 III m /I/// Fig.5.

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Patented July 23, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WHIPPER FOR CONVERTING LIQUIDS INTO FOAM.

Application filed December 29, 1926. Serial No. 157,840.

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The improvements in the whipper are, that the inner cone has a hexagonhead over which the outer cone having a hexagonal hole can be pushed,and further that the shaft provided to drive the whipper has a threadedend,

which fits into a thread in the inner cone, and that a nut made of aharder metal than the cone itself is put into the hexagon of the innercone, so made that it cannot turn in the inner 2o cone, nor be shiftedaxially, and finally that the ring through which the wires of thewhipper pass, is formedout of a single wire with a large number ofeyelets.

The invention is illustrated diagrammatically and by way of example onthe accompanying drawing on which Figure 1 is partly a side view andpartly an axial section of the whipper; Figure 2 is a cross-section inthe plane II-II of Fig. 1, Figure 3 a crosssection in the plane IIIIIIof Fig. 1, both sections being seen in the directions indicated by thearrows shown at II-II and III-III. Figure at is an axial section of bothcones of a modification; Figure 5 is a side-view of the inner cone ofthis modification, and Figure 6 shows a detail also more fully referredto hereinafter.

In Figure 1, a is the outer cone and b the inner one. Thislatter has anextension 0 which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3,is hexagonal. The extension0 fits into an extension (I of the outer cone which has a hexagonal holeinto which the extension 0. of the inner cone fits. The two cones a andb are made of a specifically light metal. A nut 6 made of harder metal,for instance bronze, is cast into the extension 0. This nut may also, asshown in the drawing, be hexagonal, but it can also have any other formthat will prevent its turning in the extension 0. The metal of thisextension grips into grooves e of the nut so that this latter cannot beshifted vertically in the extension. The whipper is driven by the shaft;on the end of this shaft is the thread 7 which fits into the nut e. Theends of numerous wire bows g are clamped between the cones a and b.

In order to make it possible to screw the thread f firmly into the nutand therehv clamping the ends of the wires 9 firmly, the extension .15of the outer cone a is also provided outwardly with a hexagon head al asshown in Fig. 1. The inner-cone a has an outwardly projecting rim 5 inwhich numerous radially cut grooves are provided. Through each one ofthese grooves one of the wires of the wire bows g is passed. In order tobrace the wire bows at a greater distance from the cones a and (1against each other, the ring 2' is provided which is made of one singlewire. This wire is so wound that numerous eyelets i are formed. Througheach one of these eyelets one wire is passed, as shown in Fig. 3. Herebya number of the wires lie against the outer bordering surfaces of theeyelets and a number against the inner surfaces in such a manner thatthe wires lie alternately against the outer and the inner surfaces, asis also shown in Fig. 3. -This secures the ring against deformation whenin use, or when being cleaned.

The modification shown in Figures 4 and 5 differs from that of Figs. 1-3in that the inner cone 6 has not only the projecting rim 6 with thegrooves 6 but besides long grooves b that pass over into the grooves 6as shown in Fig. 5. The wires are held still better in this manner thanin the form shown in Fig. 1, and it is then not necessary with materialsof lesser consistency to provide numerous holes I) in the inner coneinto which the hooked ends g of. the wire ends grip. Instead of makingthe extension 0 with a hexagon head, any other form deviating from theround may be chosen, thereby preventing the turning of the inner cone inthe outer one.

I claim 1. A whipper for converting liquids into foam, comprising, incombination, a hollow body and another body fitting into it, the lengthof said bodies being equal to their largest diameter; bow-shaped wires,the ends of which are held fast between said bodies; a horizontal ringlocated remote from said bodies and having as many radially elongatedeyes as there are wire bow legs, one leg passing through each one ofsaid eyes.

2. A whipper for converting liquids into foam, comprising, incombination, a hollow body and another body fitting into it, the

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length of said bodies being equal to their largest diameter; bow-shapedwires, the ends of which are held fast between said bodies; a horizontalring located remote from said bodies and forming asmany helically woundand radially elongated eyes as there are wire bow legs, one leg passingthrough each one of said eyes.

A whipper for converting liquids into foam, comprising, in combination,a hollow body and another body fitting into it; bowshaped Wires betweensaid bodies a horizontal ring located remote from said bodies and havingas many eyes as there are wire bow legs, one leg passing through eachone of said eyes; the length the ends of which are held fast of the eyesin radial direction being greater than the width of thesame.

4. A 'whipper for converting liq foam, comprising, in combination, a p rv body and another bodyflfitting into 1t-, ,bowf-' shaped wires, theends of which are held fast between said bodies; a horizontal wire ringlocated remote from said bodies and forming as many helically Wound eyesas there are 25 wire bow legs, the length of the eyes in radialdirection being greater than the width of the same, a leg passingthrough each one of said eyes, these latter being formed by winding thewire of said ring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

H. 'A. WETZEL.

